A phrase that seems to make no sense by adding a thought then substracting that thought right back but when pondered it actually did have a meaning. Sports players, comedians, and country musicians are most often heard making full circle phrases.
Some popular full circle phrases.

Yogi Berra: "It's like deja vu all over again"

Toby Keith: "I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was"

George Carlin: "What if there were no hypothetical questions"

by flacker February 20, 2006
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